GMC affiliate Brad Jones for Al Jazeera. In speaking in concerns of the impact seen from immigration policies, Jones states, “Issue more visas, lift immigration quotas, better fund immigration courts,” he said. “But the issue has become so politicized that I don’t see that happening.”
GMC affiliate Erin Hamilton was cited in the Washington Post. This featured cited work of their findings regarding data over Americans leaving the country and living in another. According to their research, “the vast majority of these young Americans have two Mexican parents, according to a demographic analysis of Mexico’s data.”
GMC Director Giovanni Peri was featured on CNN Business. This was in regard to the gap pertaining to the unfilled US jobs from the shift in laws due to COVID-19 which has created a significant impact on the US economy. Peri stated, “We don’t make up the losses unless we really change immigration laws, and we allow more people every year to come in.”
GMC director Giovanni Peri and co-authors Michel Beine and Morgan Raux were featured on Forbes. Their NBER paper was cited as it “finds U.S. policy is falling short if the United States wants to compete for talent and gain the benefits of admitting international students.”
GMC director Giovanni Peri and co-authors Mette Foged and Linea Hasager were featured for VOX EU. They show how language training and placement in strong labour markets promote refugees' long-run economic integration.
GMC director Giovanni Peri and GMC affiliate Reem Zaiour were featured on Forbes for their findings on labor shortages in the US. They found that due to the pandemic and US immigration policies that there were less working age immigrants, about 2 million less. This news feature details that during the Trump administration the policies are very negatively impactful to the economy now, as noted, “those policies contributed to inflation and have continued to damage the U.S. economy.”
GMC affiliate Brad Jones was featured on The National Desk over statements made by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy made remarks over how secure he really thinks the southern boarder is. To this criticism among other remarks, Jones responds to this as “political theater”.
GMC affiliate Shayak Sarkar was featured on Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Sarkar writes about how the IRS should plan to include to make ITINs more accessible in their funding for non-citizen immigrants. Sarkar states, “…ITINs can improve long-term U.S. economic growth and productivity by channeling key tax credits, particularly to families with citizen children—boosting the human capital of the nation’s future generations of workers.”
Brad Jones appeared live on ABC broadcasting's (Australia) national program, ABC Radio National Breakfast, discussing immigration, the midterm elections. and migrant deaths in Arizona. The interview can be heard at around the 1:31:20 mark.
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GMC director Giovanni Peri and co-authors Riccardo Turati and Simone Moriconi wrote for the column on VoxEu. In this feature, they write about right-wing populism all across Europe, which support is contributed from the immigration influx which raises nativist worry for economic, cultural, fiscal concerns. Further, elaborating on how immigrants can influence politic topics.
